TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends of and factors associated with cesarean section related surgical site infections in Guinea
AU - Delamou, Alexandre
AU - Camara, Bienvenu Salim
AU - Sidibe, Sidikiba
AU - Camara, Alioune
AU - Dioubate, Nafissatou
AU - El Ayadi, Alison Marie
AU - Tayler-Smith, Katy
AU - Beavogui, Abdoul Habib
AU - Balde, Mamadou Dioulde
AU - Zachariah, Rony
N1 - FTX; DOAJ; (CC BY-NC 4.0); CINTEXT3
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Since the adoption of free obstetric care policy in Guinea in 2011, no study has examined the surgical site infections in maternity facilities. The objective of this study was to assess the trends of and factors associated with surgical site infection following cesarean section in Guinean maternity facilities from 2013 to 2015. This was a retrospective cohort study using routine medical data from ten facilities. Overall, the incidence of surgical site infections following cesarean section showed a declining trend across the three periods (10% in 2013, 7% in 2014 and 5% in 2015, P
AB - Since the adoption of free obstetric care policy in Guinea in 2011, no study has examined the surgical site infections in maternity facilities. The objective of this study was to assess the trends of and factors associated with surgical site infection following cesarean section in Guinean maternity facilities from 2013 to 2015. This was a retrospective cohort study using routine medical data from ten facilities. Overall, the incidence of surgical site infections following cesarean section showed a declining trend across the three periods (10% in 2013, 7% in 2014 and 5% in 2015, P
KW - Surgical site Infection
KW - Cesarean section
KW - Ebola virus disease
KW - Guinea
KW - EBOLA
KW - HEALTH
KW - AFRICA
U2 - 10.4081/jphia.2019.818
DO - 10.4081/jphia.2019.818
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 31214304
SN - 2038-9922
VL - 10
JO - Journal of Public Health in Africa
JF - Journal of Public Health in Africa
IS - 1
M1 - 818
ER -